Watch-fob.



PATENTED FEB. 5, 1907.

0. WALLERSTEDT.

WATCH FOB.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 16. 1906.

A TTORNE Y.

UNITED s'rArns PATENT OFFICE.

WATCH-FOB.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 5,1907.

Application filed November 16, 1906. Serial No. 343,711.

To all 1/1/1011) firm/u, con/carna- Be it known that I, CHARLES VVALLIm- STEDT, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Louis, State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Watch-Fobs, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

My invention has relation to improvements in watch-fobs; and it consists in the novel construction of fob more fullyset forth in the specification and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of a fob with portions of its walls broken away to show the pocket in the fob. Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section on the broken line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a back view with portion of rear wall broken away, and Fig. 4. is a front View of a modified form available for carrying open-face watches.

The present invention is a qualification of construction of fob shown and described in my pending application for Letters Patent, Serial No. 342,058, filed November 5, 1906, and has for its object to provide a fob with. a suitable pocket available for carrying coin, trinkets, and the like,.one of the modified forms of the present improvement being serviceable for carrying open-face watches,

all as will more fully hereinafter appear from a detailed description of the invention, which is as follows:

Referring to the drawings and for the present to Fi s. 1 to 3, inclusive, 1 represents a (preferably) metallic ring circular in crosssection, which is'inclosed in a casing preferably of leather, said casing being formed by pressing the edges of a sheet or web of leather 2 around the periphery of the ring so as to virtually embrace one-half of said ring, the portion of the sheet within the ring occupying a plane tangent to the rear face of the ring. Upon the back of the sheet 2 is placed a second sheet 3, the two sheets being then sewed along the inner and outer edges of the ring, thus incasing the ring as in my pending application aforesaid. In the present case the rear of the stud 4, carried by the sheets 2 3, is covered by a circular leather disk 5, pasted over the sheet 3, forming a comparatively smooth wall, (the thickness of the disk 5 being slgihtly exaggerated in the sectional view in Fig. 2.) The back of the combined 'sheets 2 3 is sewed to a rear leather section 6,

the stitches being disposed along the edges of the several thicknesses of leather, Fig. 3, the said section 6 forming the rearwall of a pocket or receptacle 7, whose front wall is formed by the sheets 2 3. This pocket is adapted to receive coin C or trinkets. The upper portion of the wall or member 6 is formed into a flap 6, which extends laterally in the form of wings 6 rojecting when unfolded, Fig. 3, beyond t 1e sides of the fob, but which may be folded against the front wall extension 2 and there fastened by the studs 8 on the extension 2, engaging suitable sockets 9 on the wings, on the order of a prevailing and well-known form of glove-fastener. The outer portions of the sockets 9 may be in the form of disks 9 or other ornamental shape, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3. To the stud 4' is secured an ornamental button B, as in my pending application.

' y excising or cutting away from within the ring 1 a certain circular section from the layers 2, I), and 5 an. opening will be left sufficient to expose the face of an open-face watch W, inserted into the pocket, as shown in Fig. 4, so that the device may, thus modified, subserve the purpose of carrying a ladys watch, the strap S being coupled to the belt of the ladys apparel or to any other convenient portion of such apparel. In other respects the fob shown in Fig. 4 is the same as once-numerals identify corresponding parts. To remove the coin, (or watch,) the wings 6 are unfastened, when the flap 6 is free to be turned down, so that ready access may be had to the pocket 7.

The ring 1, with the leather sheets 2 3, forms a basin-shaped frame for the button B, .as in my pending application aforesaid, ,the fob in the present case being provided with a pocket in the rear of the frame, and where the center of the frame is removed or excised to expose the face of a watch the ring 1 serves to protect the watch against injury, since it proj ects a suitable distance beyond it.

The subject-matter of the present application is distinguished from that of my copend- 'ing application in that the latter covers those pocket portion, Whereas the present case is directed to the pocket and-means for closing the same.

Having described my invention, what I claim is 1. Afob comprising a ring a casing therein the remaining figures, and the same refer-' features of the fob not identified with the IIO for, a web or sheet stretched across the ring and integral with said casing, a sheet sewed t0 the back of the casing and forming a pocket with the latter, an extension for said rear sheet. forming a llap, and lateral wings on said extension adapted to fold against the front. of the fob.

2. A fob comprising a ring incased between two leather sheets sewed together along the inner and outer edges of the ring, the outer sheet being extended beyond the ring in one direction, and having its center pressed rearwardly to form with the second sheet a basin for the reception of a suitable fob ornament,

a rear sheet sewed to the first-named sheets and forming a pocket therewith, a flap forming the upper extension of the rear sheet, wings integral with said flap and foldable against the front of the fob, and means for securing said wings to the extension of the outer leather sheet.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHAS. WALl JERSTEDT.

. Witnesses:

EMIL STAREK,

MARY D. WHlTCOMB. 

